I don't care if it's been around since the 18th century, or that Mark Twain and James Joyce used it to mean figuratively. I still don't like literally not meaning literally.
(I do know, of course, that English is merely a Frankenstein's Monster of other languages' parts. This is all in jest. Except for the misuse of literally.)
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Date: 2005-11-02 05:53 am (UTC)(I do know, of course, that English is merely a Frankenstein's Monster of other languages' parts. This is all in jest. Except for the misuse of literally.)
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Date: 2005-11-02 06:36 am (UTC)